Create a Buffer GP Service with multiple input geometry type (Point, Polygon, Polyline)

[Bertrand_Laurancin]

Hello,

I try to create from ArcGIS Pro a Buffer GP Service that accepts as input multiple geometry type (Point, Polygon, Polyline).

I tried this script :

import arcpy
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True
##arcpy.addOutputsToMap = True
if __name__ == "__main__":
    inputFc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
    outputFc = r"C:\temp\output_buffer.shp"
##    arcpy.AddMessage(inputFc)   
    # Create a Describe object from the feature class
    desc = arcpy.Describe(inputFc)
    # Print Sahpe Type
##    arcpy.AddMessage("Shape Type :   " + desc.shapeType)
    shpType = desc.shapeType
    if(shpType == "Polygon"):
        arcpy.AddMessage("Shape Type :   " + desc.shapeType)
        arcpy.analysis.Buffer(inputFc, outputFc, "500 meters")
    elif(shpType == "Point"):
        arcpy.analysis.Buffer(inputFc, outputFc, "500 meters")
    elif(shpType == "Polyline"):
        arcpy.analysis.Buffer(inputFc, outputFc, "500 meters") 

It works with ArcGIS Pro :

However, when I publish the result of the script (from ArcGIS pro) to a Web Tool (GP Service), the Geometry Type is always the same that the input geomtry used in ArcGIS Pro :

Therefore, in a WAB application, i can choose only a point feature layer as input :

I think it's not possible because "The geometry type comes from the input and output features that are used to create the result" | Source : https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/analysis/geoprocessing/share-analysis/web-tool-setting...

Is it really not possible ?

Is there a workaround ?

Do you have any idea ?

Thank you,

Bertrand

[Bertrand_Laurancin · Accepted solution]

Hi @GeeteshSingh07,

You are right.

I created a model builder :

It works in MapViewer :

However, in WAB it still not able to run against a different geometry type compared to the original geometry used to create the tool in ArcGIS Pro :

I found about a bug :

BUG-000161045 : When adding a geoprocessing service as a widget to ArcGIS Web AppBuilder, the tool does not honor the same geometry types as the geoprocessing tool

Thank you for your help,
Bertrand

[GeeteshSingh07]

@Bertrand_Laurancin, thank you for sharing the bug details.

Have a good day!